❓ Question on Notice regarding comments made by the Premier questioning the motivation of the Chair of the Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations. The Leader of the House claims ignorance of the Premier's comments and offers to review the matter.
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STANDING COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS — COMMENTS BY PREMIER
I refer to the comments made by the Premier last Thursday questioning the motivation of the Chair of the Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations in respect of a report of that committee on the discrepancy between the evidence of a former minister and that of his respective agencies in relation to the statutory requirement to table annual reports within a prescribed time frame. (1) Does the Leader of the House share the Premier’s view that the motivation of the committee’s chair is questionable? (2) Has the Leader of the House advised the Premier that the Premier got his facts wrong and that the committee followed up on all 17 annual reports that were tabled outside the prescribed time, and did not, as the Premier suggested, just focus on the reports within the portfolio of the member for Vasse? (3) If the Leader of the House has not so advised the Premier, will he? Hon NORMAN MOORE
I refer to the comments made by the Premier last Thursday questioning the motivation of the Chair of the Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations in respect of a report of that committee on the discrepancy between the evidence of a former minister and that of his respective agencies in relation to the statutory requirement to table annual reports within a prescribed time frame. (1) Does the Leader of the House share the Premier’s view that the motivation of the committee’s chair is questionable? (2) Has the Leader of the House advised the Premier that the Premier got his facts wrong and that the committee followed up on all 17 annual reports that were tabled outside the prescribed time, and did not, as the Premier suggested, just focus on the reports within the portfolio of the member for Vasse? (3) If the Leader of the House has not so advised the Premier, will he? Hon NORMAN MOORE
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(1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
(1) Does the Leader of the House share the Premier’s view that the motivation of the committee’s chair is questionable? (2) Has the Leader of the House advised the Premier that the Premier got his facts wrong and that the committee followed up on all 17 annual reports that were tabled outside the prescribed time, and did not, as the Premier suggested, just focus on the reports within the portfolio of the member for Vasse? (3) If the Leader of the House has not so advised the Premier, will he? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
(2) Has the Leader of the House advised the Premier that the Premier got his facts wrong and that the committee followed up on all 17 annual reports that were tabled outside the prescribed time, and did not, as the Premier suggested, just focus on the reports within the portfolio of the member for Vasse? (3) If the Leader of the House has not so advised the Premier, will he? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
(3) If the Leader of the House has not so advised the Premier, will he? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
(1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
(1) Does the Leader of the House share the Premier’s view that the motivation of the committee’s chair is questionable? (2) Has the Leader of the House advised the Premier that the Premier got his facts wrong and that the committee followed up on all 17 annual reports that were tabled outside the prescribed time, and did not, as the Premier suggested, just focus on the reports within the portfolio of the member for Vasse? (3) If the Leader of the House has not so advised the Premier, will he? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
(2) Has the Leader of the House advised the Premier that the Premier got his facts wrong and that the committee followed up on all 17 annual reports that were tabled outside the prescribed time, and did not, as the Premier suggested, just focus on the reports within the portfolio of the member for Vasse? (3) If the Leader of the House has not so advised the Premier, will he? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
(3) If the Leader of the House has not so advised the Premier, will he? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: (1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
(1)–(3) I must confess that I am not aware of what the Premier is alleged to have said; obviously, I must have been deaf or something. I am vaguely aware of the concerns that some people had about the answer, but I am not aware of the details as to what the Premier actually said and what implication the member might have drawn from that. However, I am happy to look at her question in some detail and if I think there is a reason for me to discuss it with the Premier I am happy to do so.
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